Donald Trump
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All the People (Who Aren’t Doing Anything) Trump Should Ask to His Inauguration
Let’s be honest with each other. There’s way too much hateration in this dance soiree (yes, that is what Mary J. Blige was trying to sing to us). This land of the free and home of the brave that we’ve found ourselves living in is taking a turn for the worse. Like, Jennifer Holliday, who…
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Shut Up, Bernie Sanders
If hubris and the successful pursuit of headlines were genuine indicators of political aptitude, perhaps Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would actually be the Svengali he’s presently being sold as. Of course, Sanders, like our president-elect, the Marigold Manchurian Candidate, can rightly lay claim to scoring huge, albeit majorly melanin-deficient, crowds that found kinship in campaigns…
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Talladega College Ballin’ After Appearance on Fox News
Want to know how you know you’re on the wrong side of history if you’re an HBCU president? First you agree for your school, Talladega College, to play at the incoming president’s inauguration—a gig so despised, the lineup includes a 16-year-old second-place reality-show contestant, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (because nothing says hotness like a tabernacle…
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Trump Logic: Ben Carson Grew Up Poor, so He Understands Poverty
Updated Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, 12:48 p.m. EST: Ben Carson sat before a Senate committee Thursday morning to make the case that he should be confirmed to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Carson leaned on his upbringing growing up in inner-city Detroit and his family’s need for public assistance, although they never…
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Spy Chief Tries to Make Peace With Trump Over Russian Dossier
President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since winning the presidency, to less-than-stellar reviews. Trump was combative and elusive when questioned about Russia’s involvement in his bid to become president and compared the U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis after unclassified information was leaked to the press. On Wednesday evening, James R. Clapper Jr., the…
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Sen. Chuck Schumer Will Oppose Jeff Sessions’ Nomination for Attorney General
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has come out against President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), noting that he doesn’t believe Sessions will be willing to go against Trump should the law require he do so. Schumer released a strongly worded statement noting that the role of attorney general must ensure the rights…
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How The Fuck Do We Stop Trump From Being "Normalized" When Literally EVERYTHING He Says And Does Is Absurd?
For the past year or so — and particularly over the past three months — the idea that we (normal people) need to do everything within our power to prevent Donald Trump from being normalized has been a consistent theme. As normal people, it is our duty to remain steadfast and to not allow the…
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Obama Makes Play for Chicago Cubs: He’ll Meet With World Series Champs Before He Leaves Office
President Barack Obama is a Chicago White Sox fan, but during the World Series, the Chicago native found himself cheering for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs became America’s feel-good team after their historic World Series championship win, and on Monday, just four days before Obama leaves the White House, the team is scheduled to make…
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The Lovefest Between Republican Senators and Jeff Sessions During His Confirmation Hearing Is Sickening
If there was any lesson to glean about the state of racism in America on Tuesday, it did not come from the farewell address by our nation’s first black president. Many of us might have believed in Barack Hussein Obama but never placed much faith in the country he described on the Democratic National Convention…